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Photos of the symposium speakers
March 31, 2025

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Due April 3:Poster Abstracts

The poster abstract submission deadline is Thursday, April 3, at 5 p.m. for the student/trainee poster competition of the University of Illinois Cancer Center 2025 Dr. Gary Kruh Cancer Research…

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Image of St. Baldrick's head-shaving fundraiser at UI Health featuring a shavee and small child.
March 24, 2025

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St. Baldrick’s Fundraiser Success

Including this year, the annual St. Baldrick’s Foundation event at UI Health has raised more than $270,000 to support pediatric cancer research and shaved approximately 410 heads. The pediatric oncology…

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2025 Spring Travel Award
March 19, 2025

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Spring 2025 Trainee Travel Awardees

The University of Illinois Cancer Center has awarded its Spring 2025 Trainee Travel Awards to Postdoctoral Trainee Andrew McLeod, PhD, MS, RD, Medical Student Haley Hultquist and Predoctoral Student Philippa Burns.…

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Explore this publication by Cancer Center members Lee, PhD, Er, PhD, Zhao, PhD and more from UIC on advanced 3D imaging techniques for tumor analysis.
March 18, 2025

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Cancer Center Members in iScience Journal

University of Illinois Cancer Center members are among the authors of the study, “Correlative Multiscale 3D Imaging of Mouse Primary and Metastatic Tumors by Sequential Light Sheet and Confocal Fluorescence…

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Discover the ocular cancer publication from UIC Today featuring research on uveal melanoma by Kaori Yamada, PhD, and Michael Heiferman, MD.
March 11, 2025

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Yamada and Heiferman in UIC Today

A study that examined how ocular melanoma metastasis happens and tested a therapy that could stop it was featured in UIC Today, along with its authors, including University of Illinois…

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Image of VK Gadi, MD, PhD, University of Illinois Cancer Center Deputy Director
March 6, 2025

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Gadi in Oncology News Central

University of Illinois Cancer Center Deputy Director VK Gadi, MD, PhD, was featured in the digital media outlet Oncology News Central, commenting on the study “Musician’s Experience After Breast Cancer…

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Images of Kaori Yamada, PhD, and Tohru Yamada, PhD
February 27, 2025

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$2.5M NCI Grant Awarded

University of Illinois Cancer Center members Kaori Yamada, PhD, and Tohru Yamada, PhD, were awarded a five-year $2.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to reveal the mechanisms…

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Photos of Cancer Center members Douglas Thomas, PhD, and Constantinos Chronis, PhD, and their Nature Communications publication.
February 26, 2025

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Nature Communications

University of Illinois Cancer Center members and others at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) are authors of a study published in the journal Nature Communications. Cancer Center member Douglas…

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